Moose Lake Star Gazette - Serving Carlton and Pine Counties since 1895

Pine County is moving closer to hiring a person to lead economic development efforts. At last week’s county board meeting in Sandstone, county board chair Stephen Hallan of Pine City noted this effort was very “near and dear” to the heart of...

Long-time county commissioner and former state legislator Doug Carlson, 74, of Sandstone, died Monday evening. Carlson was found deceased around 6:30 p.m. in the men’s restroom on the second floor...

Flood relief will soon be coming to Pine County residents from damage inflicted on their homes in July 2012. Tuesday, the Pine County Board of Commissioners approved a payment of $2.25 million to help those people who had homes damaged by the...

Pine County received some national media attention this past week after Sheriff Robin Cole said he would not be enforcing any new gun mandates from the federal government. Cole shared his views sent out to over 20 media organizations late last...

Pine County is expected to be the lead agency to assist in the flood recovery buying program for those people hit hard by the record July flooding in the northern part of the county. Last Tuesday afternoon, the meeting room in Sandstone was packed...